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27 produkter
Towards Reconciliation
Understanding Violence and the sacred after René Girard
Av Paul Gifford
Häftad, 2020
298 kr
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A compelling analysis of the connection between violence and the sacred, using René Girard's mimetic theory to point the way towards Christian reconciliation.Why do humans sacralise the causes for which they fight? Who will decipher for us the enigma of 'sacred violence'?Paul Gifford shows that the …
African Christianity
Its Public Role
Av Paul Gifford
Häftad, 1998
291 kr
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"This is by far the most informative book about contemporary African Christianity around; nobody could have written a study as richly detailed and as informed by real insider knowledge as he has done. . . . It will be the most significant study of African Christianity to appear at a time when its …
Ghana's New Christianity, New Edition
Pentecostalism in a Globalising African Economy
Av Paul Gifford
Häftad, 2004
275 kr
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"Gifford knows his subject totally, has vast and wide-ranging sympathy for his subjects (though without being uncritical), and explores these themes with admirable intelligence. This book is simply the best thing out there." —Philip Jenkins"Gifford's is an uncompromising, hard-nosed study . . . …
2000 Years and Beyond
Faith, Identity and the 'Commmon Era'
Av David Archard, Trevor A. Hart m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
765 kr
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2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and cultural theory. In a horizon-scanning work, they look backwards and forwards to explore what links us to the matrix of the Judaeo-Christian tradition from …
2000 Years and Beyond
Faith, Identity and the 'Commmon Era'
Av David Archard, Trevor A. Hart m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
372 kr
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2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and cultural theory. In a horizon-scanning work, they look backwards and forwards to explore what links us to the matrix of the Judaeo-Christian tradition from …
Exporting the American Gospel
Global Christian Fundamentalism
Av Steve Brouwer, Paul Gifford m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
2516 kr
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As the pressures of globalization are crushing local traditions, millions of uprooted people are buying into a new American salvation product. This fundamentalist Christianity, a fusion of American popular religion and politics, is one of the most significant cultural influences exported from the …
Exporting the American Gospel
Global Christian Fundamentalism
Av Steve Brouwer, Paul Gifford m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
765 kr
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As the pressures of globalization are crushing local traditions, millions of uprooted people are buying into a new American salvation product. This fundamentalist Christianity, a fusion of American popular religion and politics, is one of the most significant cultural influences exported from the …
Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia
Av Paul Gifford
Inbunden, 1993
2084 kr
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This study examines the role of Christianity in Liberia under the corrupt rule of Samuel K. Doe (1980-90). Paul Gifford illustrates the relationship between mainline, evangelical, new Pentecostal and independent churches, and notes the strengths and weaknesses of each. He shows that, in general, …
Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia
Av Paul Gifford, Duncan Forrester m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
781 kr
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This study examines the role of Christianity in Liberia under the corrupt rule of Samuel K. Doe (1980-90). Paul Gifford illustrates the relationship between mainline, evangelical, new Pentecostal and independent churches, and notes the strengths and weaknesses of each. He shows that, in general, …
Reading Paul Valéry
Universe in Mind
Av Paul Gifford, Brian Stimpson
Inbunden, 1999
1947 kr
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Paul Valéry's work is a unique odyssey in the universe of ideas and mental forms. The most recently acknowledged - and the most private - of the masters of modernity, Valéry is perhaps the most radical and wide-ranging. He navigates freely within the mental galaxies known to scientists, poets, …
Reading Paul Valéry
Universe in Mind
Av Paul Gifford, Brian Stimpson
Häftad, 2011
804 kr
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Paul Valéry's work is a unique odyssey in the universe of ideas and mental forms. The most recently acknowledged - and the most private - of the masters of modernity, Valéry is perhaps the most radical and wide-ranging. He navigates freely within the mental galaxies known to scientists, poets, …
Love, Desire and Transcendence in French Literature
Deciphering Eros
Av Paul Gifford
Inbunden, 2006
2652 kr
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European literature and theory of the twentieth century have been intensely preoccupied with questions of 'Desire', whereas 'love' has increasingly represented a fractured and strange, if not actually suspect, proposal: this is a prime symptom of an age of deep cultural mutation and uncertainty. …
2000 Years and Beyond
Faith, Identity and the ''Commmon Era''
Av Paul Gifford, Nigel Rapport m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
433 kr
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2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and cultural theory. In a horizon-scanning work, they look backwards and forwards to explore what links us to the matrix of the Judaeo-Christian tradition from …
2000 Years and Beyond
Faith, Identity and the ''Commmon Era''
Av Paul Gifford, Nigel Rapport m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
424 kr
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2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and cultural theory. In a horizon-scanning work, they look backwards and forwards to explore what links us to the matrix of the Judaeo-Christian tradition from …
Exporting the American Gospel
Global Christian Fundamentalism
Av Susan D. Rose, Paul Gifford m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
881 kr
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As the pressures of globalization are crushing local traditions, millions of uprooted people are buying into a new American salvation product. This fundamentalist Christianity, a fusion of American popular religion and politics, is one of the most significant cultural influences exported from the …
Exporting the American Gospel
Global Christian Fundamentalism
Av Susan D. Rose, Paul Gifford m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
881 kr
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As the pressures of globalization are crushing local traditions, millions of uprooted people are buying into a new American salvation product. This fundamentalist Christianity, a fusion of American popular religion and politics, is one of the most significant cultural influences exported from the …
Love, Desire and Transcendence in French Literature
Deciphering Eros
Av Paul Gifford
Häftad, 2016
612 kr
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European literature and theory of the twentieth century have been intensely preoccupied with questions of 'Desire', whereas 'love' has increasingly represented a fractured and strange, if not actually suspect, proposal: this is a prime symptom of an age of deep cultural mutation and uncertainty. …
Love, Desire and Transcendence in French Literature
Deciphering Eros
Av Paul Gifford
E-bok, 2016
717 kr
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European literature and theory of the twentieth century have been intensely preoccupied with questions of ''Desire'', whereas ''love'' has increasingly represented a fractured and strange, if not actually suspect, proposal: this is a prime symptom of an age of deep cultural mutation and …
Love, Desire and Transcendence in French Literature
Deciphering Eros
Av Paul Gifford
E-bok, 2016
717 kr
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European literature and theory of the twentieth century have been intensely preoccupied with questions of ''Desire'', whereas ''love'' has increasingly represented a fractured and strange, if not actually suspect, proposal: this is a prime symptom of an age of deep cultural mutation and …
Can We Survive Our Origins?
Readings in René Girard's Theory of Violence and the Sacred
Av Pierpaolo Antonello, Paul Gifford
Häftad, 2015
447 kr
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Are religions intrinsically violent (as is strenuously argued by the ‘new atheists’)? Or, as Girard argues, have they been functionally rational instruments developed to manage and cope with the intrinsically violent runaway dynamic that characterizes human social organization in all periods of …
How We Became Human
Mimetic Theory and the Science of Evolutionary Origins
Av Pierpaolo Antonello, Paul Gifford
Häftad, 2015
529 kr
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From his groundbreaking Violence and the Sacred and Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World, René Girard’s mimetic theory is presented as elucidating “the origins of culture.” He posits that archaic religion (or “the sacred”), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a …
Plight of Western Religion
The Eclipse of the Other-Worldly
Av Paul Gifford
Inbunden, 2019
404 kr
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'Religion' can be used to mean all kinds of things, but a substantive definition––based on the premise of superhuman powers––can clarify much. It allows us to attempt to differentiate religion from culture, ethnicity, morality and politics. This definition of religion necessarily implies a …
La création en acte
Devenir de la critique génétique
Av Paul Gifford
Häftad, 2007
1901 kr
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À l’aube de notre jeune XXIe siècle, la critique génétique se trouve enfin en mesure de faire le point sur son passé et de tracer les grandes lignes de son avenir : qu’est-elle susceptible d’apporter à d’autres approches critiques telles que la sociologie, l’intertextualité et l’herméneutique ? …
Towards Reconciliation
Understanding Violence and the sacred after René Girard
Av Paul Gifford
Inbunden, 2020
1107 kr
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A compelling analysis of the connection between violence and the sacred, using René Girard's mimetic theory to point the way towards Christian reconciliation.Why do humans sacralise the causes for which they fight? Who will decipher for us the enigma of 'sacred violence'?Paul Gifford shows that the …
Christianity, Development and Modernity in Africa
Av Paul Gifford
Häftad, 2015
389 kr
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Is African Christianity a religious marketplace now dominated by only two big players, the Catholic Church and Pentecostals? There is an important if largely unremarked diversity within African Christianity; on the one hand, an enchanted Christianity that views the world as pervaded by spiritual …
Christianity, Politics and Public Life in Kenya
Av Paul Gifford
Inbunden, 2009
627 kr
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Since independence in 1963, Kenya has been a classic personalised patronage state, run by a corrupt elite for its own benefit, as became tragically evident in December 2007's stolen election and its aftermath. Kenya is also said to be 80 percent Christian. Under the bland label 'Kenyan …
Europe and its Others
Essays on Interperception and Identity
Av Paul Gifford, Tessa Hauswedell
Häftad, 2010
690 kr
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This volume presents selected proceedings of a conference on ‘Europe and its Others’ held at St Andrews University in 2007. It seeks to explore the collective and cultural persona implied by Europe’s richly diverse gaze upon, and dealings with, non-Europeans, encountered or represented in the …
